Pelton Demographics (County Durham, England)

Pelton is a ward in County Durham of North East, England and includes areas of Station Lane Industrial Estate, Birtley, High Hold, Ouston, Keilder Park, Low Urpeth, Pelton, Perkinsville, Urpeth Grange, High Handenhold, Drum Industrial Estate, Wentworth Park and High Flatts.

In the 2011 census the population of Pelton was 8,250 and is made up of approximately 52% females and 48% males.

The average age of people in Pelton is 43, while the median age is higher at 44.

95.5% of people living in Pelton were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 1.6% Scotland, 0.3% Wales, 0.2% Northern Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Bangladesh, 0.2% Ireland, 0.1% Hong Kong , 0.1% South Africa, 0.1% Pakistan.

98.8% of people living in Pelton speak English. The other top languages spoken are 0.2% Bengali, 0.2% All other Chinese, 0.2% Polish, 0.1% Urdu, 0.1% Panjabi, 0.1% French, 0.1% German, 0.1% Hungarian.

The religious make up of Pelton is 72.9% Christian, 20.1% No religion, 0.5% Muslim, 0.1% Buddhist, 0.1% Sikh, 0.1% Agnostic, 0.1% Hindu. 462 people did not state a religion. 13 people identified as a Jedi Knight.

52.3% of people are married, 10.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 20.2% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 8.0% are separated or divorced. There are 415 widowed people living in Pelton.

The top occupations listed by people in Pelton are Professional 14.1%, Administrative and secretarial 13.9%, Skilled trades 11.7%, Associate professional and technical 11.5%, Elementary 11.5%, Administrative 10.9%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.5%, Sales and customer service 10.2%, Elementary administration and service 9.5%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.6%.